Works correctly if git not installed

railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/plugin_generator.rb

@@ -305,19 +305,17 @@ def camelized
       end
 
       def author
-        if @author.nil?
-          git_user_name = `git config user.name`.chomp
-          @author = git_user_name.empty? ? "TODO: Write your name" : git_user_name
+        @author ||= begin
+          git_user_name = `git config user.name`.chomp rescue ''
+          git_user_name.blank? ? "TODO: Write your name" : git_user_name
         end
-        @author
       end
 
       def email
-        if @email.nil?
-          git_user_email = `git config user.email`.chomp
-          @email = git_user_email.empty? ? "TODO: Write your email address" : git_user_email
+        @email ||= begin
+          git_user_email = `git config user.email`.chomp rescue ''
+          git_user_email.blank? ? "TODO: Write your email address" : git_user_email
         end
-        @email
       end
 
       def valid_const?

railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb

@@ -371,6 +371,30 @@ def test_generating_controller_inside_mountable_engine
     end
   end
 
+  def test_git_name_and_email_in_gemspec_file
+    name = `git config user.name`.chomp rescue ''
+    name = "TODO: Write your name" if name.blank?
+
+    email = `git config user.email`.chomp rescue ''
+    email = "TODO: Write your email address" if email.blank?
+
+    run_generator [destination_root]
+    assert_file "bukkits.gemspec" do |contents|
+      assert_match(/#{Regexp.escape(name)}/, contents)
+      assert_match(/#{Regexp.escape(email)}/, contents)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_git_name_in_licence_file
+    name = `git config user.name`.chomp rescue ''
+    name = "TODO: Write your name" if name.blank?
+
+    run_generator [destination_root]
+    assert_file "MIT-LICENSE" do |contents|
+      assert_match(/#{Regexp.escape(name)}/, contents)
+    end
+  end
+
 protected
   def action(*args, &block)
     silence(:stdout){ generator.send(*args, &block) }